"Young Sherlock Holmes: Black Ice Young Sherlock Holmes: Black Ice is the third novel in the Young Sherlock Holmes series that depicts Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes as a teenager in the 1860s. It was written by Andrew Lane and released in the United Kingdom on 3 June 2011 by Macmillan Books. It follows on from """" and is followed by """" Mycroft Holmes invites Sherlock and his tutor, Amyus Crowe, to London for a visit. When they arrive at the Diogenes Club they find Mycroft holding a dagger over a dead body. The police arrive soon and arrest"
"to form the new Football League Third Division. Thornycroft were elected to join the new English section of the league, but after only four victories from 24 matches, they finished at the bottom of the league table and returned to the Hampshire League. They continued to enter the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup until 1925 and folded the following year. A new club, Vosper Thorneycroft F.C. was formed in 1960. Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C. Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C. were an English amateur football club, based in Woolston, Southampton. The club was formed by employees of John I. Thornycroft & Company, the"
"Harlequin F.C., though after running up debts he needed to be bailed out by the club's president, and local MP, Sir Wavell Wakefield. In 1951 he was imprisoned after he fraudulently obtained a diamond ring and gold cufflinks which he later pawned. He was sentenced to nine months and it was stated that he was also receiving treatment for issues connected to alcohol. He was arrested and imprisoned a second time, after stealing an overcoat from Gray's Inn library. On his release he returned briefly to Tycroes before heading back to London. There he passed himself off as a colonel"
"in the FA Cup. League Cup Notable players to have played for the club include: Players to have played for the club and have earned full international caps include England goalkeeper John Willie Sutcliffe, who joined the club in 1913 and right-half Tom Smalley, who began his career with the club before being capped by England in 1936. Notable former managers include: The club first played in the FA Cup in the 1905–06 season, reaching the fourth qualifying round where they lost to Bishop Auckland. The game was such a draw for locals that special services were run from Moorthorpe"
"High Street but whose territorial ambitions are now confined to a cupboard in College, is intermittently out of favour with the authorities. Its colours are purple, gold and silver. An equivalent club for women, the Myrmaids, was established following the college's decision to admit women students in 1980. Describing Lord Randolph Churchill's membership of the Club towards the end of the 1860s, T.H.S.Escott wrote: L.E.Jones in his memoir described a dinner which (as a member of Balliol) he attended as a guest in his first term. He drank 24 glasses of port, was rescued from the shrubbery and was carried"
"drew 2-2. The following year he was signed by Preston and went on to play more than 200 games in the National State Premier League. Norm Willcox has been president for 24 of the last 26 years. In 1967 the reserve team scored 113 goals for the season. An average of 4.7 goals per game. John Milway, Godfrey Troath and Eric Richardson have all been members of the club in excess of 40 years. Life Members: A.Sterland, B.Eastaway (dec), j. Blackley, J. Mchugh (dec), A. Whitham (dec), R. Wall (dec), A. Roberts, V. Binding, E. Richardson, J. Milway, G. Troath,"
"Russell, John Maynard Keynes, A.N. Whitehead, G. Lowes Dickinson, G.H. Hardy, Crompton Llewelyn Davies, C.P. Sanger, A.E.A.W. Smyth, and H.T. Norton—and several Apostles after Sidgwick and McTaggart became officers of the club, including G.E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Women were never formally restricted from membership, but because women were not allowed to take the tripos examinations until 1881 and were not granted full membership of the university with the right to obtain degrees until 1947, the club was mostly a male affair in its early days. The first record of women even listening to papers was in Michaelmas 1894, when"
"colours worn today, and the nickname ""The Reds"" first used. The club became founder members of the Southern League in 1894, finishing in mid-table in Division Two and reached the final of the FA Amateur Cup in the 1897–98 season, losing to Middlesbrough at Crystal Palace. The club stayed in the Southern league for five seasons, before dropping out for financial reasons to join the Middlesex league. However, they only survived a single season in the Middlesex league before folding again with a debt of £130. After two seasons the club was reformed and they joined the West Middlesex league,"
"Keys pub and, like his fictional relation, was quite a character in his own right. Phil Mason was, along with Norman Jameson in the back row, a devastating tackler. His time keeping for away matches on occasions left a lot to be desired as startled pedestrians would confirm. Not wanting to be late for an away game, he would often arrive in his ancient Rover outside the Chequers via the pavement in front of what was then the Post Office. The first AGM was held on 27 April 1948 at the Chequers Hotel. The Club now had sixty members of"
"one of the 10 firm rules the club observed. If found guilty, Ross would have been expelled from the club. Ross failed to appear at the first two scheduled meetings and, after arriving at the third, simply announced that the club would be split into two chapters and walked out. Those who supported bringing charges against Ross, the six Campbell brothers, the three McElwaine brothers, Anthony ""Snodgrass"" Spencer (Snoddy) and Charles ""Charlie"" Sciberras remained at the Birchgrove clubhouse that overlooked Yurulbin Park while Ross and the remaining Comancheros set up a new clubhouse in Harris Park. During the club's 1983"
"as did his brother, Alfred Docwra Turner, who also played for Watford and later turned out for Nottingham Forest. Steadfast proponents of the amateur game, the club were affiliated to the Amateur Football Defence Council (the forerunner of the Amateur Football Alliance). In September 1906, the club was a signatory when the AFDC warned the London FA that its affiliated clubs would be boycotting the FA Cup the following season. The following year, the organisation (then known as the Amateur Football Defence Federation) was reformed as the Amateur Football Association and they affiliated. They were also founding members of the"
"losing to local rivals Egham Town and the FA Cup, defeating Weybridge in their first match 4–0 but losing the next 6–1 to Thornycroft Athletic. A bottom-of-the-table finish in 1931 forced the club to rejoin the Surrey Intermediate League. Shortly after the end of World War II the club rejoined the Surrey Senior League. In the early 1950s the club was offered, freehold, an orchard in Liberty Lane, completed with the help of a loan from the FA, and remained there until the club folded in 1985. In 1954–55 the club entered the Parthenon League achieving a mid-table finish. Added"
"young townsmen."" The driving force behind the formation of the club was Dr George Coombe (later Sir George Augustus Pilkington) of Southport Infirmary. The first ground is recorded as being a large field next to the Alexandra Cricket Club in Manchester Road, which from an ordnance survey map at the time appears behind Hartwood Road area with access off Roe Lane. The club was one of several playing the ""handling code"" in the town, and other teams under the titles Southport Olympic, Southport Wasps, Southport Hornets and The Grasshoppers are recorded. The fixture list included Birkenhead Park FC away, a"
"Cup. The final of the Wharncliffe Cup saw former Sheffield Wednesday outside left Jock Malloch return to familiar territory at Owlerton Stadium, where he faced his old rivals Sheffield United. Malloch also was a pivotal player in the clubs run in the FA Cup that season. The club later joined the Sheffield Association League before moving into the Yorkshire League, later dropping down to the Doncaster and District Senior League in the late 1960s. The club now plays in the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Senior League. By 1905, as the club grew, they were nicknamed The Kirkbyites. In later years,"
"with Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead & Hurstpierpoint. They also changed their playing kit to white shirts and blue socks. In 1905 the club moved to Ockenden Park and in 1911 made their first appearance in the Montgomery Cup Final. During the First World War they lost 16 players. In 1922 they made it to their second Montgomery Cup Final which almost 2000 spectators witnessed. In 1925 the club moved to Cuckfield Recreation Park where they still are today. Three years later the club folded for one season due to lack of interest. Their 50th anniversary was celebrated"
"Newcastle Club, Elswick Rangers, especially for the game. Following the Shankhouse Blackwatch game Albion defeated Newcastle West End. Whilst both victories were well merited and on face value surprising, given the infancy of Albion, it perhaps wasn’t such a shock bearing in mind that the Albion combination was really Sunderland AFC all but in name. Sunderland Albion were now backed by some wealthy individuals, most noticeably James Hartley, who along with his brother John owned the Wear Glass Works at Monkwearmouth, founded in 1837. The backing arose from James Allan's friendship with Hartley; they were neighbours, Allan living nearby in"
"folded. However this concentrated the game onto one club, which - as the game grew in popularity - began to thrive. By the 1950s the club had started to out-grow its ground, and the changing rooms it was borrowing from Norton Road Secondary Modern School were less suitable for the level of opposition the club was attracting. After a search by dedicated club members Glyn Carter and Bill Howells (formerly of Cardiff and a Welsh trialist) - aided and abetted by Arthur Lamb, Miles Tabor, Ralph Wagstaff, Gordon Imber and Gordon Collinson - a new home was found at Baldock"
"was the immediate precursor of two of the greatest clubs in St. James's Street, Brooks's and Boodle's. It appears to have been formed in opposition, perhaps for political reasons, to White's (then often called Arthur's), for rule 12 as originally drafted forbad any member of Almack's from membership of any other London club, 'nor of what is at present called Arthur's or by whatever Name that Society or Club may be afterwards called, neither of new or old club or any other belonging to it'. In February 1763 this rule was altered and made even more emphatic: 'If any Member"
"the Midland League for a season, followed by a move to the south coast to join Brighton & Hove Albion of the Southern League in 1913. Following the outbreak of World War I, Wilcock rejoined his original military unit, the Royal Field Artillery and was seriously injured at the Battle of Loos in September 1915. As a result of his injuries, he was invalided back to England, becoming a trainer with the Army. Once he returned to fitness, he represented the Army at football and was playing in a match against the Royal Navy at Plymouth which was being watched"
"Ross of Burnley, John Devey of Aston Villa, John Somerville of Bolton Wanderers, Hugh McNeill of Sunderland, Harry Wood of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tom Bradshaw and Abe Hartley of Liverpool, James McNaught of Newton Heath, Billy Meredith of Manchester City and Johnny Holt and David Storrier of Everton. John Cameron also stated that the AFU ""wanted any negotiations regarding transfers to be between the interested club and the player concerned - not between club and club with the player excluded"". However, neither the Football Association, nor the Football League recognized the AFU. In 1900, at the behest of Stoke City, the"
"Ashcroft, as well as Tim Coleman and Bert Freeman), and slowly started to slip down the table, which compounded their financial situation as crowds fell. By the end of the decade the average attendance at Manor Ground was 11,000, a little over half of what it had been in 1904. The club were close to bankruptcy, and in 1910 went into voluntary liquidation before being bought out by a consortium of businessmen; the largest shareholder amongst the new owners was the property magnate Sir Henry Norris, who was also the chairman of Fulham. Norris was acutely aware of the problems"
"players called Storrs and Manwood who played in the 1906 and 1909 teams, and a player called Rhodes who played in the amateur's first game; a Herbert Rhodes was a significant benefactor of the 'later' Celtic. The club played for two seasons in the Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur League, before turning professional and joining the Lancashire Combination becoming second division champions at the first attempt. They followed it up with a fourth place and runners up spot in the Central League. In an attempt to progress the club joined the Southern League. The club rejoined the Central League for the"
"members of the House of Commons were decorated with the primrose. A small group had for some time discussed the means for obtaining the support of the people for Conservative principles. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff said to Lord Randolph Churchill, ""Let us found a primrose league"". A meeting was held at the Carlton Club shortly afterwards, consisting of Churchill, Wolff, Sir John Gorst, Percy Mitford, Colonel Fred Burnaby and some others, to whom were subsequently added Satchell Hopkins, J. B. Stone, Rowlands and some Birmingham supporters of Burnaby, who also wished to return Lord Randolph Churchill as a Conservative member"
"not last and Knowsley United ceased to be a senior semi-pro side in 1998. Huytonians wishing to support a local semi-pro outfit have Prescot Cables located at Valerie Park in the Northern Premier League (Premier Division) less than away. Huyton-with-Roby has several Beatles connections. As The Quarrymen, the Fab Four played the MPTE Social Club in Finch Lane. The Beatles also played 15 times in a hall in Page Moss (Hambleton Hall, St David Road; later became a Probation Office) between January 1961 and January 1962. On 21 March 1961, The Swinging Blue Jeans, fronted by Huyton-born Ray Ennis (born"
"his debut as a 17-year-old versus Chesterfield in the FA Cup. That same season saw a club record 9–0 victory over New Brighton in the FA Cup — despite missing a penalty — and the following season former player Harry Potts became manager. The team of this period revolved around the midfield duo of Jimmy Adamson and Jimmy McIlroy (a new stand was named after the latter in the 1990s) and these two were key to the championship-winning team of 1959–60 managed by Potts (who now gives his name to the road which Turf Moor occupies). Harry Potts often employed"
"finish in the Combination. In January 1907 the club was suspended ""sine die"" for ""supposed wrong treatment of certain players"" which amounted to unpaid wages to three members of the playing staff. The ban was lifted after a couple of weeks when the debts were settled. Scotsman, James Harold was appointed manager in February 1907 and he arranged friendly matches at Springfield Park with Preston North End, Sheffield United, Stoke, Birmingham City and Aston Villa, all First Division clubs at the time. At the end of this season Town successfully gained entry to the Lancashire Combination Division 2, but failed"
"meeting at the Prince Albert Hotel, Union Street West, attended by Chairman of the Watch Committee, William Chadwick, Chief Constable Charles Hodgkinson, mill owner Fred Wild, eminent local Quaker and Lord to be Alfred Emmott and three brothers of the Fletcher family. A playing field was organised at Sugar Meadow, Gartside Street adjacent to Glodwick Spinning Mill and changing facilities were provided by the nearby Shakespeare Inn. The club's headquarters were at the Black Swan Hotel, Bottom O'th Moor, Mumps. Their first match at Sugar Meadow was held on 21 October 1876 against Stalybridge. After two seasons they joined Oldham"
"following year. Further poor seasons followed with no financial backing and eventually the club was wound up five years later at the end of the 1984–85 season. During their existence, Milton Keynes City were known as 'the Gladiators' played their home games at the City Ground, Manor Field in Bletchley – a stadium with a 4,000 capacity. Colours were tangerine and black. Under their original identity the team twice reached the 4th Qualifying round of the FA Cup in the mid-sixties. The second version only existed for a few seasons from the late 1990s, playing in the Spartan South Midlands"
"a trophy or medals; the league motto was ""honor sufficit"". Teams less able to compete financially thus gravitated to it rather than the Southern League, while those with ambition and money would move in the opposite direction. Although the league established itself as one of the strongest amateur leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FA Amateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League which was the top regional semi-professional league. By 1922 the league had fourteen clubs and over the next five decades, only a few new members"
"league during the club's last full season at Selhurst Park. Wimbledon entered administration in June 2003, and played their first match in Milton Keynes in September. Although crowds attending the club's games at its new base were bigger than those at Wimbledon, the administrator in charge of the club's financial affairs sold any player who could command a transfer fee and Murdoch's team finished at the bottom of the league. The club were brought out of administration at the end of the 2003–04 season, and subsequently renamed ""Milton Keynes Dons"". The club's nickname was the Dons, though the club were"
"renowned for their youth policy and scouting system, which yielded many young players over the years such as club legend Jimmy McIlroy and John Connelly. Former Burnley player Harry Potts was appointed the club's manager in 1958. After foundations were laid by Brown and Lord, Potts forged a young team revolving around the midfield duo of Jimmy Adamson and playmaker Jimmy McIlroy. The style of play was striking as well, Potts often employing the at the time unfashionable 4–4–2 formation and it is believed he introduced ""Total Football"" to English football. 1959–60 season The pinnacle of a strong period in"
"Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C. Thornycrofts (Woolston) F.C. were an English amateur football club, based in Woolston, Southampton. The club was formed by employees of John I. Thornycroft & Company, the Woolston-based shipbuilders and was active from 1917 to 1926, during which time it was a member of the Hampshire League, other than in 1920–21 when the club joined the Southern League. The club played regularly in the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup and in 1920 took Burnley to a replay. The club was founded during the First World War and participated in the South Hants War League in 1917–18 and"
"At the end of the 1894–95 season the club was informed that Spring Meadow had been sold, and it was soon built over by the London Marylebone railway line. The club approached Lord Carrington, who owned Wycombe Abbey and the surrounding estate including Loakes Park who responded by letter stating he had no objections. The club's AGM saw the General Committee enlarged to fifteen members and the Match Committee (which selected the teams) set at six. The Nags Head remained the club's headquarters but the Red Lion Hotel was to be used as the team's changing facilities. The first competitive"